Rob Thomas

As the lead singer and principal songwriter for Matchbox Twenty, Rob Thomas found success with a blend of '70s rock influences, slick hooks, and 1990s post-grunge crunch. The Florida-based band broke through in 1996 with "Push" and never looked back, issuing single after single, scoring hits in various radio formats, and watching their debut LP, Yourself or Someone Like You, go platinum 12 times over in the U.S. Thomas himself won numerous songwriting awards as the scribe of such Matchbox hits (including "Real World," "If You're Gone," "Bent," and "Mad Season"), and he later parlayed that success into a career as a solo artist.

Rob Thomas was born February 14, 1972, on an Army base in Landstuhl, Germany. His parents divorced, and the ex-Army brat spent most of his childhood in South Carolina and Florida. After dropping out of high school at 17, he bounced around the South singing in pickup rock bands before relocating to Orlando in 1993. There, he helped form the band Tabitha's Secret, a precursor to Matchbox Twenty. Although the group enjoyed some regional success, Thomas eventually left the lineup with bassist Brian Yale and drummer Paul Doucette in tow, and the departing musicians formed Matchbox Twenty with guitarists Adam Gaynor and Kyle Cook. The band's multi-platinum debut, Yourself or Someone Like You, established Matchbox Twenty as a superstar act, but Thomas wasn't individually well known.

That all changed when Thomas co-wrote the chart-topping single "Smooth" for the Carlos Santana album Supernatural. "Smooth" was ubiquitous in 1999, and it made Thomas a star. The track took home three Grammys, including the coveted "Song of the Year" award, and Thomas landed on People's "Most Beautiful People" list. Meanwhile, he also married model Marisol Maldonado. Mad Season (2000) and More Than You Think You Are (2002) continued Matchbox Twenty's success, but after years of touring in support of both records, the bandmembers decided they needed a break, and Thomas used the hiatus to write and record his first solo album. When "Lonely No More" debuted in early 2005, its sleek and funky dance-pop sound was closer to Justin Timberlake than Matchbox, and it helped stir up anticipation for the April release of the chart-topping Something to Be. Rob Thomas returned to the Matchbox Twenty fold several years later, but he also maintained work on his solo material, the second batch of which arrived in 2009 under the title cradlesong. ~ Johnny Loftus, Rovi

One of my top 10 bands! He sings from his heart & I feel the emotions..I relate to a lot of his lyrics...rest stop (cool), I will (love it) & overjoyed (does it for me)..all of their cds are awsome from start to finish.. I want to see them in concert!!! Make my day!!

I like the song Little Wonders from Meet the Robinsons- it plays at the end of the movie and it makes it have a really touching ending.By the way, who thinks Mickiemichelle should get better censoring equipment? :)

Who agree's with me and thinks Breanna Mullins needs to get a life, and stop posting crap like that in the comment section, and post it somewhere else like an elementary schools website. I like reading comments, and then.... what the #@*! I just hope RobThomas doesnt read these comments, he would definetly say WTF?

Don't read this cause it actually works. You will be kissed on the nearest Friday, by the love of your life. However, if you don't post this you will die in 2 days. Now you've started reading this so don't stop. This is so scary. Post this at least on five songs in 143 minuets. When done press f6 and your lovers name will come up on the screen. This is so scary cause it works.

This freaked me out. This isn't fake. Apparently, if you copy and paste this on ten comments in ten minutes, you will have the best day of your life tomorrow. You will either be kissed or asked out. If you break this chain, you will see a little girl in your room tonight. In the next 53 minutes someone will say I love you or I'm sorry.

I love this song it makes me cry but in a good way. When I heard this song on Meet the robinson's, I wanted to hear more of his music and after that, he became one of my favorite singers of all time. Meet the Robinsns is also one of my favorite movies.